Home Office · visa type group: Family
Entry clearance visas refused: Family
4 periods to 2026 Q2
9,197 visas
Entry clearance visas refused for Family totalled 9,197 visas in the 4 periods to 2026 Q2, down 21.3% (2,493) on the 4 periods before.
- Home Office dataset
- Data_Vis_D02
- Case outcome=Refused; Visa type group=Family
- column “Decisions”
- sum of 226 rows per period
- published 27 August 2026
2005 Q1 to 2026 Q2
The chart as a table
| Period | Entry clearance visas refused by visa type |
|---|---|
| 2005 Q1 | 3,258 visas |
| 2005 Q2 | 3,482 visas |
| 2005 Q3 | 3,769 visas |
| 2005 Q4 | 3,438 visas |
| 2006 Q1 | 3,178 visas |
| 2006 Q2 | 3,532 visas |
| 2006 Q3 | 3,850 visas |
| 2006 Q4 | 3,742 visas |
| 2007 Q1 | 4,409 visas |
| 2007 Q2 | 3,800 visas |
| 2007 Q3 | 4,000 visas |
| 2007 Q4 | 3,597 visas |
| 2008 Q1 | 3,988 visas |
| 2008 Q2 | 3,801 visas |
| 2008 Q3 | 4,068 visas |
| 2008 Q4 | 3,264 visas |
| 2009 Q1 | 4,292 visas |
| 2009 Q2 | 2,997 visas |
| 2009 Q3 | 2,847 visas |
| 2009 Q4 | 3,314 visas |
| 2010 Q1 | 3,231 visas |
| 2010 Q2 | 3,301 visas |
| 2010 Q3 | 3,568 visas |
| 2010 Q4 | 4,698 visas |
| 2011 Q1 | 3,113 visas |
| 2011 Q2 | 1,841 visas |
| 2011 Q3 | 2,976 visas |
| 2011 Q4 | 2,504 visas |
| 2012 Q1 | 2,612 visas |
| 2012 Q2 | 2,496 visas |
| 2012 Q3 | 3,487 visas |
| 2012 Q4 | 6,970 visas |
| 2013 Q1 | 3,719 visas |
| 2013 Q2 | 3,849 visas |
| 2013 Q3 | 2,867 visas |
| 2013 Q4 | 2,985 visas |
| 2014 Q1 | 2,419 visas |
| 2014 Q2 | 2,177 visas |
| 2014 Q3 | 5,620 visas |
| 2014 Q4 | 5,127 visas |
| 2015 Q1 | 4,246 visas |
| 2015 Q2 | 3,544 visas |
| 2015 Q3 | 4,886 visas |
| 2015 Q4 | 5,214 visas |
| 2016 Q1 | 4,853 visas |
| 2016 Q2 | 3,563 visas |
| 2016 Q3 | 3,345 visas |
| 2016 Q4 | 3,962 visas |
| 2017 Q1 | 2,729 visas |
| 2017 Q2 | 1,179 visas |
| 2017 Q3 | 2,195 visas |
| 2017 Q4 | 4,925 visas |
| 2018 Q1 | 2,414 visas |
| 2018 Q2 | 2,694 visas |
| 2018 Q3 | 2,997 visas |
| 2018 Q4 | 3,180 visas |
| 2019 Q1 | 2,816 visas |
| 2019 Q2 | 2,504 visas |
| 2019 Q3 | 2,791 visas |
| 2019 Q4 | 3,184 visas |
| 2020 Q1 | 1,678 visas |
| 2020 Q2 | 112 visas |
| 2020 Q3 | 1,125 visas |
| 2020 Q4 | 1,436 visas |
| 2021 Q1 | 1,498 visas |
| 2021 Q2 | 1,675 visas |
| 2021 Q3 | 1,815 visas |
| 2021 Q4 | 1,694 visas |
| 2022 Q1 | 908 visas |
| 2022 Q2 | 599 visas |
| 2022 Q3 | 1,316 visas |
| 2022 Q4 | 2,550 visas |
| 2023 Q1 | 2,461 visas |
| 2023 Q2 | 1,746 visas |
| 2023 Q3 | 2,132 visas |
| 2023 Q4 | 2,138 visas |
| 2024 Q1 | 2,236 visas |
| 2024 Q2 | 2,240 visas |
| 2024 Q3 | 3,169 visas |
| 2024 Q4 | 3,319 visas |
| 2025 Q1 | 2,739 visas |
| 2025 Q2 | 2,463 visas |
| 2025 Q3 | 2,718 visas |
| 2025 Q4 | 2,440 visas |
| 2026 Q1 | 2,133 visas |
| 2026 Q2 | 1,906 visas |
What this measures
The number of entry clearance (out-of-country) visa applications refused in each quarter, counting main applicants and their dependants, split by visa type group (Work, Study, Family, Visitor, Other).
Applications withdrawn or lapsed, in-country refusals of extensions or switches, refusals later overturned at appeal or administrative review, or the refusal rate (refusals as a share of decisions).
Source
- Dataset
- Immigration system statistics: entry clearance visa outcomes datasets (refusals)
- Release
- Year ending June 2026, published 27 August 2026 · sha256 5151f0bdce2f057a…
- All values
- Entry clearance visas refused by visa type group